Cicero’s: Best Pizza in the Galaxy
They’re doing all kinds of crazy things in space these days. Chances are they don’t have an intergalactic pizza parlor quite yet, but you really never know (CNN could be […]
Category Archives: North America
Colonia San Luis Rey: My New Mexican Neighborhood in San Miguel de Allende
Years ago I was tasked by an editor to write a review of a book by Laura Fraser called All Over the Map. This was an Eat Pray Love style […]
Chicest Picnic Part 2: Cathedral Beach, Yosemite Valley
I posted last year during my “Chicest” series that the chicest picnic I’ve had was in a poppy filled field in Ulsan, Korea. Well, that picnic has met it’s match and […]
5 Under-the-Radar Cities with Surprisingly Good Shopping
When it comes to shopping, well-known destinations like London, New York and San Francisco can’t have all the fun. Here, I offer you five off-the-beaten-path destinations that offer everything […]
Where do Fortune Cookies Come From?
I‘m not a huge fan of Chinese food, but I’ve always loved cracking open fortune cookies to read the pithy sayings: “Good news will be brought to you by mail,” “When […]
Sipping and Snacking Through Carmel-by-the-Sea
I’ve never been much of a foodie. In fact, I may have the most difficult culinary tastes on the planet. In short, I don’t like meat, anything that pops in […]
Seeing the World Through Violet Colored Glasses
It’s been a long while since my last post, but with very, very good reason. Since purchasing our new home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, Steve and I have returned […]
Colonia San Luis Rey: My New Mexican Neighborhood in San Miguel de Allende
Years ago I was tasked by an editor to write a review of a book by Laura Fraser called All Over the Map. This was an Eat Pray Love style […]
Adventures in Austin
On our journey from Paris to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, we chose to make a pit stop in Austin, TX to be present at the wedding of our lovely […]
Chicest City: Miami, Florida
When deciding on my pick for chicest city, a swirl of locations popped into my pondering head. Paris is probably the world’t most quintessentially chic city, but would have seemed […]
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